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Celebrating 21 Years of The Comedy School

The Comedy School runs a wide range of Comedy Courses and Workshops

Comedy Workshops
- from Stand-Up, Improv and Clown, to Comedy Writing, Physical Comedy and Mime - and much, much more.

A ‘Big Surprise’ for Camden National Lottery Funded Hero

Keith Palmer, The Comedy School founder, honoured by The National Lottery

The National Lottery’s ‘Big Surprise’ – which honours the individuals who have made a real
difference with the help of National Lottery funding – delivered a heart-warming surprise for
Keith Palmer, founder of Camden-based project The Comedy School.
The ‘Big Surprise’ is a 90-second weekly slot during the ad break of Saturday night primetime television.

Established by Keith in 1998, The Comedy School raises the profile of the many uses of
comedy, from stimulating personal creativity to encouraging social skills and improving literacy.
The only arts organisation of its kind in the UK, it has been able to make a difference to the
lives of so many through its outreach and anti-knife crime projects.

The Comedy School’s Wellbeing Project, in partnership with SLaM Recovery College, which
uses stand-up comedy and improvisation to help support those with mental health difficulties,
was awarded £120,000 of National Lottery funding. Give with a GiggleThe project aims to improve people’s
mental health and wellbeing by using comedy as an educational and rehabilitative tool.

Book Now with Keith Palmer - Director of the Comedy School.
A fun, one-day event aimed at corporate individuals, teams and orgnisations,
exploring how to become a more powerful and authentic communicator using comedy techniques - Friday 20th September.

Book Nowwith Tim Eagle. Introducing the basic devices at work in physical comedy by exploring some of the classic gags and routines through a variety of fun exercises and scratch performances.
The course is designed for people with little or no experience of performing physical comedy Saturday 2nd November